North Connemara 30th may 2010

People:myself

Duration:18:30 to 23:00

Tide:high 19:35 4.8m

Weather:rain at the start then cleared

Bait:lug,sand eel,mackerel,feathers

Rigs:feathers,2 hook flapper,3 hook flapper

Results:3 pollack 1 coalfish




Report:had to work today so I could not get out too early,I decided to head to the same beach as yesterday to try for turbot again,got to the beach and was set up by 18:30,had a few early bites but no hook ups it went very quite around high tide and after
I did see a pair of very large birds which I think were sea eagles,they were way bigger then any birds i have ever seen before,hard to tell what they were as they were at a distance

Sea eagle.JPG

http://youtube.com/watch?v=gGQpxa2EOw0
I waited at the beach until about 21.30 and decided to head for a pier to save the blank

when I arrived it was a mess with cider bottles and rig packets and gear,I set up and cast out and started to clean up some of the mess and put it in the bin 10 foot away,I got well rewarded for the clean up with all the tackle and new rigs still in packets I found,if you lost a lot of gear at a pier in connemara over the weekend pm me all your details and I promise I will send it all back to you after the litter warden has seen the photos of the mess

got 3 pollack and 1 coalfish on feathers after the clean up and decided to hit for home after the blank was diverted

pollack.JPG

pollack2.JPG

pollackcoalfish.JPG

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well done on saving the blank and for cleaning up the pier, it's a pity to see it in a disgrace!

nice of the litter louts to reward you with gear! - bin only 10 ft away - madness

nice one gerry,you are fairly getting out lately,pity about the litter,the macky bashers are back out in force i see! f**kers must have had no mothers!

Hope it was a pair of Sea Eagles as it means they are migrating from the release areas in Kerry. Was up close and personal with one last week in the Burren Bird of Prey centre. This youung lady is 2 years old and will shortly be flying over the Burren.

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ill be honest with you i thought i was seeing them lads out and about in connemara over the last month - but i kept saying they cant be the eagles

suppose heading up to connemara for a gawk is the same as one of us walking down to the shop!

well done gerry a nice way to spend a few hours

Hope it was a pair of Sea Eagles as it means they are migrating from the release areas in Kerry. Was up close and personal with one last week in the Burren Bird of Prey centre. This youung lady is 2 years old and will shortly be flying over the Burren.

i am nearly sure they were Sea Eagles they were large and one of them dived to the water and put it feet in and took off again,i will have to carry the video cam in the car the next time i am out that side it has a better zoom,i know most of the birds we have along the coast but the pair were different to any thing i saw before,i hope to see a lot more of them

nice one gerry,you are fairly getting out lately,pity about the litter,the macky bashers are back out in force i see! f**kers must have had no mothers!

i am getting out so much the wife has talked about a divorce,i better look at the tide table to see when the tides are bad so i can sort that out for her
i cant blame the macky bashers for the litter,mainly flounder rigs and flapper rigs,no sign of feathers

well done on saving the blank and for cleaning up the pier, it's a pity to see it in a disgrace!

it a shame to see when a few mins would have cleaned the place

ill be honest with you i thought i was seeing them lads out and about in connemara over the last month - but i kept saying they cant be the eagles

suppose heading up to connemara for a gawk is the same as one of us walking down to the shop!

first time i have seen them around,this year i have seen a lot more kestrels and peregrine falcon then i have in the last few years,lovely to watch them in flight

Good video and fair play for cleaning up the litter, its a shame, can't get my head around the mentality of some people!

Great to see such majestic birds back in the wild.